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Textual Criticism and Manuscript Analysis: Recovering the Earliest Biblical Text

Textual criticism and manuscript analysis are sacred disciplines that seek to recover the earliest form of the biblical text through careful comparison of manuscripts and variants. By examining traditions like the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, and ancient translations, scholars identify scribal changes—omissions, additions, substitutions—and evaluate them using rigorous principles. Far from undermining Scripture, this work affirms its stability and theological depth, ensuring that modern readers encounter the Word as faithfully preserved across generations. In every variant lies a story of transmission, reverence, and divine providence.… Learn Hebrew
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